Born in Makasar to a family of music lover, Ramadhani Syah began his musical journey with a simple keyboard at home. Gradually, he became more interested in piano and jazz music; listening to jazz giants such as Wynton Kelly, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis. In 2009, he finished his undergraduate degree at the Prins Claus Conservatorium in Groningen, Netherland. While at the conservatory, he featured on Kestutis Vaiginis Quartet’s album “Gypsy Nature”. He was also awarded “The Artistry of Dick Oatts and Young Jazz Musician” and became the proud member of Re-Bop Unit, a jazz group consisted of specially selected students from different countries by New York musician Dick Oatts. They later on went on tour to promote their album with Dick Oatts to countries and cities such as; Bucharest, Arad, Cluj, Timisoara, Romania, Amsterdam, Assen, Den Haag, and of course Groningen.

Nowadays, Dhani is a part of The Jongens Quartet with Johanes Radianto, Doni Sundjoyo, and Elfa Zulham. He is also busy creating new ideas for his new project Dhani Syah Trio. Besides performing and composing, Dhani is also teaching at Universitas Pelita Harapan, Conservatory of Music.